SHERIFF COBB
You must be Ezra Johnson’s boy.

Mal cocks the hammer.

SHERIFF COBB
Don’t shoot the sheriff. It’s against
the law.

Three deputies appear quietly out of the shadows behind Mal, their guns pointed. The door behind Cobb opens, revealing Garth, his hand bandaged. Mal lowers the rifle.

SHERIFF COBB
So’s killing a deputy.

Tyree comes up behind Mal and takes the rifle from his hand. Suddenly he hits him in the kidney with the rifle butt. Mal
goes down.

SHERIFF COBB
We’re going to give you a fair trial…

Garth has come down the steps and over to Mal. He holds his bandaged hand out in front of him, then kicks Mal viciously.

SHERIFF COBB
…followed by a first-class hanging.

Finally Cobb gets up and walks over to look down at Mal.

SHERIFF COBB
Or you can ride out of here before dawn.

Mal turns his head so he can look up at Cobb.

SHERIFF COBB
All you gotta do is tell me where to find your friend Emmett.

INT. CELLBLOCK – SILVERADO JAIL – NIGHT

Close on Mal as he dabs at a split lip with the tail of his shirt. He’s sitting on a cot in a cell. He has been beaten
more. As the door to the outer office clangs open, he reacts with resignation; here comes more pain. But when he looks up, it is Paden standing outside the bars. Behind Paden, Garth throws a hostile look at Mal and goes out. Paden notes Mal’s condition. Mal regards Paden coolly.

PADEN
Why are they doing this, Mal?

In This Episode

• Jeff Fahey as Tyree
• Kevin Kline as Paden
• Sam Gauny as Garth
• Danny Glover as Mal
• Brian Dennehy as Cobb

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